Tesco Fully Iced Madeira Cake

To celebrate our tenth anniversary earlier this year we held a party. Most of the food was easily sorted, but a good party needs a good cake. Although I can cook fairly well myself I am absolutely useless at decorating, so I decided to go for the easy version and buy a cake. Since I do most of my shopping in Tesco this is where I headed to find my cake. Also I had bought this cake before so knew that is was of good quality. Tesco have a choice of 'occasion cakes', from Thomas the tank Engine to Busty boobs, but I decided to go for the more traditional style of a plain iced cake. There is a ... more

So many cakes , so little time ! Only yesterday I reviewed one of the Tesco celebratory cakes but I do feel that the Tesco Iced Madeira slab cake is worth chatting about, for various different reasons. Like every major supermarket chain Tesco have rows and rows of cakes produced by every bakery possible, including their own. Some of the cakes offer good value for money and others fall short. The Tesco Iced Madeira slab comes in three different flavours, there is a lemon Madeira, a coffee Madeira and the plain version. I have bought both the plain iced Madeira and the Coffee iced Madeira but I ... more

We purchased this cake as the middle tier for our wedding cake, we had already obtained the top and bottom section in fruit filled traditional style from Tesco and thought the change to this Madeira cake, would make a nicer option for the younger ones. It is stated as being Madeira, but the inside does have a light jam and cream filling, the cakes are well presented covered in a smooth royal icing top to bottom and a piped swirl pattern around the top rim. The cake comes in a cardboard box, with plastic see through window, enabling you to spot any damage, there is also a picture of the cake ... more

i have been looking for ages for a madeira cake that is moist. having tried several recipes myself and each one turning out a bit dry and crumbly, i decided to have a look in tescos, whilst doing a quick shop. this cake is lovely and moist with a really tasty icing on the top, which is a bonus. i only wish i could make one like this. there is a list of ingredients on the back, but nothing out of the ordinary. If anyone has a recipe for this, i would love to know how to make my own moist cakes.Until then i think this is as good as it gets. value for money is very good, i probablly couldn,t make ... more